Online premiere: Friday 6 November 2020 at 7pm GMT, broadcast online as part of the Royal Opera House's #OurHouseToYourHouse series.
Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite has been acclaimed as 'one of the most talented and intriguing choreographers working today' (New York Times). Flight Pattern, created in 2017, is her first work for The Royal Ballet. Critically-acclaimed at its premiere, Flight Pattern is a poignant response to one of the biggest humanitarian crises facing current society.
This large-scale ensemble work, which takes a powerful and sombre look at the ongoing refugee crisis, is set to music from Górecki's 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'. Górecki's music, often associated with the Holocaust, explores themes of motherhood and the separation of families. Pite gives these themes new meaning in a work that moves from the big picture of displaced communities to focus on the emotions of individuals: the large ensemble cast moves as one body, packed together in tight rows, until one distraught couple are marked out from the crowd through a poignant pas de deux.
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ConductorJonathan Lo
DancerKristen McNally
DancerMarcelino Sambé
DancerCalvin Richardson
DancerJoseph Sissens
DancerIsabella Gasparini
DancerBenjamin Ella
DancerAshley Dean
SopranoFrancesca Chiejina
CompanyArtists of The Royal Ballet
OrchestraOrchestra of the Royal Opera House
ChoreographyCrystal Pite
MusicHenryk Mikołaj Górecki
Set designerJay Gower Taylor
Costume designerNancy Bryant
Lighting designerTom Visser
StagingDeirdre Chapman
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